Nornews A/S
Score · fiscal year 2025
56of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 62 % of small companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 14,987 of 38,670 · Handel
Profile
Elephant · Steward
Lower profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 45 and solidity 89 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
Nornews A/S is 6 points above the median for small companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 36,110 companies.
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | – | 2.5% |
| Profit margin | – | 2.2% |
| Return on assets | 2.1% | 4.0% |
| Equity ratio | 94.4% | 38.3% |
| Debt-to-equity | 0.06 | 0.99 |
| Current ratio | 0.29 | 1.70 |
| Revenue growth | – | 3.5% |
The median and “ahead of” refer to small companies in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 56, Nornews A/S does better than 62% of small companies in the same sector (36,579 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- Nornews A/S
- Median: small companies in the same sector
Nornews A/S has a score of 56 for 2025, rank 14,987 of 38,670 in the sector.
Strongest: Solidity: percentile 89 against peers, equity ratio 94.4% against a median of 38.3%. Consistency: percentile 69 against peers.
Weakest: Liquidity: percentile 9 against peers, current ratio 0.29 against a median of 1.70.
Worth a closer look
- Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 3.4 times current assets. Based on: current ratio 0.29 (median 1.70).
Written by fixed rules from the figures. Describes the figures, does not explain causes. Not investment or financial advice. How the summary is made
What the numbers say
Nornews A/S had an operating margin of – and an equity ratio of 94.4% in 2025, and ranks 14,987 of 38,670 in Handel.
No large changes in the key figures from 2024 to 2025.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 5 MNOK and 25 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 5 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | not meaningful |
| P/B | 1.0 | 25 MNOK |
A mechanical estimate from public accounts, not advice. Mechanical estimate from public accounts with fixed multiples. Not a valuation and not advice to buy or sell. The multiples are provisional default values and must be adjusted per sector before the figures are used for anything. See the calculation
Worth a closer look
- critical
Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 3.4 times current assets.
Based on: Current ratio 0.29 (median 1.70).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 5.4% of the debt in 2025. The policy rate averaged 4.30 % the same year. This is a plain description of what the debt cost, not a model of interest sensitivity.
Data quality
- watch Revenue not reported
- watch No revenue but large assets
Scenario analysis: the sector's weakest year
We have no accounts for 2017, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2017, with a median operating margin of −65.6%. Based on the 11 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported. Methodology
What the score is made of
| Profitability | 45 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 89 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 9 | weight 15% |
| Growth | – | no data, left out |
| Consistency | 69 | weight 15% |
Durability: 54 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 85%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is Nornews A/S?
The operating margin was – in 2025, against a median of 2.5% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 2.1%.
How solid is Nornews A/S?
The equity ratio was 94.4% in 2025 (median 38.3%). Debt-to-equity was 0.06 (median 0.99).
What is the liquidity of Nornews A/S like?
The current ratio was 0.29 in 2025 (median 1.70). Current assets did not cover current liabilities.
How does Nornews A/S compare in Handel?
Nornews A/S ranks 14,987 of 38,670 in Handel for 2025. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 14,074 of 36,579.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 930229482
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (46.180)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 0–4 (not registered)
- Founded
- 22 May 1968 58 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.30 MNOK
- Business address
- Sjølyst plass 2, 0278 OSLO
- Municipality
- Oslo rank 63–221 of 357 in Norway
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- LEI
- 549300G3JCYZQQJVPK89 not renewed (lapsed)
Source: Central Coordinating Register, Brønnøysund Register Centre. The employee count is reported by the company and may be older than the accounts. See the company at the Brønnøysund Register Centre
Ownership and roles
- Chair of the board
- Christoffer Michelsen Bull
- Board member
- Tord Steinset Torvund
- Auditor
- PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AS
Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 29 October 2026. Only names are shown.
- Parent company
- NORSKE SKOG ASA (Norway)
Source: GLEIF (Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation), fetched 29 October 2026. The parent is the one the company itself reported to GLEIF.
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Figures last fetched 27 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 58 | 49 | 56 | |
| Rank | 12,243 | 19,321 | 14,987 | |
| Operating margin | – | – | – | |
| Return on assets | 1.1% | 0.8% | 2.1% | |
| Equity ratio | 93.5% | 92.7% | 94.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.04 | 0.22 | 0.29 | |
| Revenue growth | – | – | – |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | – | – | – |
| Operating profit | −0.1 MNOK | −0.1 MNOK | −0.1 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 0.0 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK | 0.5 MNOK |
| Net profit | −0.1 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK | 0.5 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.3 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK |
| Total assets | 26.5 MNOK | 26.9 MNOK | 26.9 MNOK |
| Current assets | 0.1 MNOK | 0.4 MNOK | 0.4 MNOK |
| Equity | 24.8 MNOK | 24.9 MNOK | 25.4 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 24.5 MNOK | – | 25.1 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 1.7 MNOK | 2.0 MNOK | 1.5 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 1.7 MNOK | 2.0 MNOK | 1.5 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 27 October 2026, accounts id 7009952.
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